Masudan Yadav @ Madhusudan Yadav v. the State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – modification of bail condition
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 26367 of 2021, decided 23-07-2026 by Sandeep Kumar, J. Modification of anticipatory bail condition granted by order dated 10.04.2015 in Cr. Misc. No. 14696 of 2015 (arising out of Complaint Case No. 210C of 2014 / PS Case No. 210 of 2014, P.S. Jhajha, District Jamui). Condition requiring accused to file affidavits undertaking to allow the complainant to enjoy her share of property in the in-laws house recalled as impermissible in view of Supreme Court law; consequential orders, including A.C.J.M.-IV, Jamui order dated 08.10.2021, quashed. Petitioners: Masudan Yadav @ Madhusudan Yadav and Krishna Yadav @ Krishnadeo Yadav; Opposite Parties: The State of Bihar and Rekha Devi. Counsel: Rajesh Kumar Sinha (petitioners), Pramod Kumar (O.P. No. 2), Indu Kumari Shrivastava, APP (State).
What did the court decide?
Modification application allowed: the condition in the order dated 10.04.2015 in Cr. Misc. No. 14696 of 2015 is recalled; all subsequent orders of the learned court below passed pursuant to that condition, including the order dated 08.10.2021 of the learned A.C.J.M.-IV, Jamui, are quashed and set aside.